Carriage-fender attachment.



PATENTED JULY 9, '1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

H. E. MORRILL.

CARRIAGE FENDER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.1Z,1906.

INVENTOR w 2 III. Ill 1 HORACE E. MORRILL, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

"ARRIAGE-FENDER ATTACHJEENT.

Specification of Letters Patent. t

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application filed November 12, 1906. Serial No. 343,031.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, l'lfllL-NE E. Monnurt. it, citizen of the United States residing n1. Dayton. inthe State of Ohio, have invented certain new and uschll Improvements in Carri-tige-Fcnder Attachments, of which the following is it sperrilicrttion.

The primary object of my invention is the provision of menus whet-clay to conveniently and eilicicutly sc- (ure the tender commonly used adjacent. to the wheels of the carriage, to the step of the r-nrrittge, and at the some time to provide mechanism whereby such attach nieut may be varied to place the tender in altered |"e-. lotion relative to the stop so as to have it pl'o efly lifmted with relation to the wheel which itz'gunrds'. and

also to permit such variation in the position of the two lenders secured on opposite sides of the carriage step as will secure variation in the space between the lenders. and as may he required to meet the requiroim-nt in putrtit'lllttt cases The nbove, us well such other objects 11S may hereinnt'ternppem' [attain by llltltllS of a construct ion which i have illustrntvd in preferred form in the 11t'(t)lll])2lt1'- iug drawing, wherein Figure 'l is :1 side elevation of the carriage inning my inuu'ovemont applied thereto: 7

Figure .3 is at sectional View showing some of the detnils ol' the attaching nit-nus;

Figure 3 is n trausvt =so sectional ViiW taken on the line lil -ill of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is an inverted ihtnwiow ol the step its lf showing the ii-blurred mechanism which I employ for ltct'errine, now more particularly to Figures 1 to l inclusive, it will be seen that I have therein shown 11. varriage step marked 7 supported from the frame e; the vehicle by a downwardly projectinghrncket or arm 8, and hnving'at each side the lenders 9 and it) arranged to protoot the wheels in the usual manner.

The lower end of the supporting projection 8 may be integral with the step 7, orarrnnged so the step will he sliduhle laterally oi the carriage by means of the horizontnl part It which is confined between the lower face of the step 7 and a notched cross-bar 12 held in place by the bolts 13, the whole being so arranged that the step can be moved in or out to alter its position.

The lower end of the framework of each of the fenders 9 and 10 is provided with a. horizontal projection .dll

or extension H nilnpied to he held in place between the notched reross 15 on the under hive of the step and 11 clumping hnr u; secured by means of the bolts U in the lllilltllt?! shown in Figure 2;, the head it ot' the bolts engaging sockets IE). which are arranged. as indicated, in the right sidcot' Figure -t with slotted openings 20, no lnrccd port of the slotted openings 2i, so that the hem s can be readily inserted.

It will he seen from examination particularly of Fig uros :2 and -t that the horixont-id projecting end i {of the lender frame enirhe moved longitudinally within its sotkoi by looseuing'the nuts on the holts l7, and can he fastened lirmlyin plnteinnny position desired to secure pr per relative location between the t'enderand thestep. Both of the fenders in my construction are secured in this manner In the stepit. heing thus possible in conjuneiion with the means for varying the fender position to locate the position of the step with reference to the tenders as well as with reference to the transverse posi tion oi the VOl\iLl0-illf: whole being therefore capable of proper positioning to meet the requirements of Various different vehicles. t

Another method of constructing the attaching means nlready before described is that shown in Figure 5 in which the step is provided with two downward projeo lions 2L and 23 :irrnnged with slotted openings It ndnpted to receive the shank or projecting end of the tender, the downwind projections 22 and it; being provided with horizontal apertures 21') adapted to receive a single holt 2t) lniving ft nut 27 thereon [or clumping: :ind pinchiug the ears or downward projections so as to securely fasten the stems 14 of the lenders.

in Figure (5, l have shown 11' construct ion of the lower end of the stein ti in'which there is provided it notched slotted opening 28 to which may be secured a vertically disposed bolt the hood whcreol' should hennehorod in the step-this notched slotted opening in conjunction with the hull having its litzt-(l ent wred in thistep providiug a menus whereby similiir variation in the position of the lender may he obtained, although the [under will not l)t' hy t his mechanism as securely held its hy the devices hetorh described.

ilztving thus des ribed my invention and lll\t i2':\it(i its use, what I claim as ill\\' and tth'lltdlf sr-i-ure hy Letters Patient. is the following:

1. A Vehicle fender :ittnrh'iug device comprising inr in himltion. tin-nus upon the fender (0115i rm'iod to he so- ('lll'ttl to :1 ohir'le ,\'i(1l. int-nus tuion said step :idupl'od t onc'ngo the said sown-in: nunus upon the Yonder. flu moons of lllL'I-ILI'PIHIHI holwvvn the tender :ind stop lining constructed to permit creator or lesser dimension be tween the tow r end ot' Ito tender and the router or the step. and menus to ricidh, swore the tender in nu mljnstvd position.

2 In vehicle fender attaching mechanism the combinatlon with a step, of tender securing-means at ench end 01. said step, said tender securing means being constructed to permit movementfqt each 0! and tenders toward or away from the step,. and -to securely hold-tne same in selected position, substantially as described.

r 3. The. comblnatlon 0t 31 vehicle step, and -mean's for supporting said step to permit its adjustmen't' laterally with reference to the vehicle, and means at the and bi u 0 r r ,sald step for permitting attachment bf the tender and variation the position ntf saicl fender, substantially as described. j In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence or the two subscribed witnesses.

Witnesses CHAS. R. BRUADBENT, JAMES N. CRAIG.

HORACE E. MORRI LL. 

